Streep takes great care in the way he writes about and interacts with the players and their families, why?

Over the course of the season, Streep is careful about how he interacts with and writes about the Warriors and their families. He knows that the community has a fraught relationship with the local media. As Native peoples, families like the Mesteths and Malatares are accustomed to adversity and prejudice. Streep is wary of continuing this pattern of oppression and violence. The community is also in the midst of a suicide cluster. The community continually loses loved ones by way of suicide. Streep is cautious about sensationalizing this ongoing trauma.